Amenities and rural appalachia economic growth

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-132

  Deller, Steven ^a   Lledo, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenities; Bayesian; Quality of life; Rural economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250178364     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500009485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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